Published on April 16, 2010 by Technology Slice
God Of War Increases Sales – Sony Corp.’s “God of War III” and new “Pokemon” titles for Nintendo Co.’s DS handheld device drove U.S. video-game sales higher by 6 percent in March. Sales of consoles, software and accessories in the largest game market rose to $1.52 billion, NPD Group Inc. said today in a statement.
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Posted in Games
Published on April 3, 2010 by Technology Slice
Virgin Blue Boeing Deal – Virgin Blue will spend $8.4 billion on 105 new Boeing jets in a deal sealed on the strength of a simple handshake in the small hours of last Sunday. Outgoing Virgin chief Brett Godfrey and Boeing salesman Roland Ramirez were on the back verandah of Mr Godfrey’s house in Brisbane [...]
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Posted in Money, Travel
Published on February 18, 2010 by Technology Slice
Winter Olympics – Some 138 million people have watched the first five days of the Vancouver games on NBC Universal’s networks — a 22 percent increase on average viewership at the same stage of the last Winter Olympics in Torino in 2006. Fox television’s ratings juggernaut “American Idol” stole some of NBC’s thunder on Tuesday [...]
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Posted in Sport
Published on February 9, 2010 by Technology Slice
Macquarie Group’s shares slid after the company predicted full-year profit of more than $1 billion that fell short of the amount analysts had been tipping. The investment bank today said second-half earnings could be up as much as 10 per cent over the first half as economic conditions around the world continue to trend back [...]
Tags: 1 Billion, Acquisition Costs, Caution, Earnings, Economic Conditions, Eight Months, Impairment Charges, Investment Bank, Management Rights, Market Capitalisation, Shares, Six Months, Slump, Trademark, Windfall
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